Reviewer:
Esmee Phillips
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October 16, 2021
Subject:
Railway with a Heart of Gold
Invaluable as a record of the world's longest surviving preserved railway: the more so for being in colour. Filmed two years after volunteers took the Tallylyn over, an episode chronicled in the classic book 'Railway Adventure' by the industrial historian LTC Rolt, one of the pioneers. The story had already inspired the British comedy movie 'The Titfield Thunderbolt', which may account for this short's emphasis on wacky mishaps-- although the TR was in fact from its earliest days under preservation an exemplar of efficiency.
Reviewer:
Hg80
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August 12, 2009
Subject:
The little train
I sent this to my colleague in London whose father lives in Northern Wales. She wrote me that the whole system has been cleaned up, updated, and revamped and spent many hours on the narrow gauge train. The slate mines have long been closed and are now tourist attractions.